Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health
Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.
Yuan Zhang, Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell •
conversation
March 14, 2023 • ~8 min
March 14, 2023 • ~8 min
Springing forward into daylight saving time is a step back for health – a neurologist explains the medical evidence, and why this shift is worse than the fall time change
Americans are divided on their preference for daylight saving time versus standard time. But research shows that our bodies fare better when aligned with the natural light of standard time.
Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University •
conversation
March 6, 2023 • ~10 min
March 6, 2023 • ~10 min
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn't exist has a long evolutionary history
By learning what parts of the brain are crucial for imagination to work, neuroscientists can look back over hundreds of millions of years of evolution to figure out when it first emerged.
Andrey Vyshedskiy, Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University •
conversation
Feb. 23, 2023 • ~10 min
Feb. 23, 2023 • ~10 min
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